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Originally Posted by JBug88
Anybody have ESPN Insider?
Eric Neel has an article on Kemp that I wouldn't mind reading and would be grateful is someone could post it.
-J-
[h3]Dodgers' payroll could leap $20 million[/h3]
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[h5]Los Angeles Dodgers[/h5]
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It could cost a lot more to keep the Los Angeles Dodgers intact next season.
Dylan Hernandez of the Los Angeles Times crunches some numbers regarding the Dodgers who are eligible for arbitration and estimates that those players alone will earn raises in the neighborhood of $20 million next season.
The list includes core players such as Andre Ethier, Matt Kemp and Chad Billingsley.
[h5]Chad Billingsley | Dodgers[/h5]
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In his blog today, ESPN The Magazine's Buster Olney notes that evaluators are concerned with Chad Billingsley.
Writes Olney, "But some rival evaluators are convinced that Billingsley's delivery, as currently constituted, will always be a problem because of the impact he places on his left knee. Billingsley hyperextended the joint in August, as he finished delivering a pitch -- a motion like Billingsley's has been likened to slamming on the brakes while going 80 mph -- and the evaluators think his recent control problems are caused by the mechanical issues. 'Total max-effort guy,' one scout said."
Aside from rest, you can be sure the Dodgers will look to address this. Billingsley is far too great a talent to waste.
[h5]Buster Olney[/h5]
But he's added a pitch
"Evaluators have noticed that Chad Billingsley has introduced a slow curveball into his repertoire, as he tries to bounce back from a second-half slump (perhaps to help him maintain his mechanics, one evaluator theorized, and perhaps to create a greater differential between his fastball and his breaking ball). Billingsley had usually thrown his curveball in the range of 75 to 79 miles per hour, but the other night against Washington, his slow curve was 62 to 69 mph. He's thrown 27 curveballs of less than 70 mph this season -- 16 have come in September."
Originally Posted by bright nikes
Russ gettin pulled for a PHIts that bad for the canadian.
Originally Posted by bright nikes
Yo sin you seen that gang wars oakland series?
Who you rollin wit: nortenos (sp), surenos (sp), or them 94 boyz or whatever, I think there was another one.
Originally Posted by sj thresher